Frozen Embryos ‘Children’ in Ala.; GLP-1s for Opioid Addiction? New E.Coli Outbreak

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Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children under state law, and therefore subject to legislation covering the wrongful death of a minor. (The Hill)

The glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medication liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda) helped reduced opioid cravings, according to a small study of 20 people with opioid use disorder. (STAT)

Amid rising measles cases, a new generation of doctors is being taught how to spot the disease. (ABC News)

When it comes to artificial intelligence making decisions in healthcare, the sheriff is not in town. (Politico)

Healthcare data breaches affected one in three Americans last year. (USA Today)

As patients see initial savings from President Biden’s drug price push, pharma is lining up its lawyers. (KFF Health News)

Medical experts are sounding the alarm on increasing diabetic amputations among Black patients. (ABC News)

Senators on both sides of the aisle called on the FDA to address a “deluge of misleading promotions” on social media. (Endpoints News)

Elon Musk said the first human implanted with a Neuralink brain-computer interface appears to have fully recovered and can use the device to control a computer mouse. (Reuters)

Could phage therapy be another tool in the fight against antibiotic resistance? (STAT)

Republicans in a number of states are floating a request for a second Trump administration: re-upping a conservative approach to Medicaid that would require low-income adults to work for free government healthcare. (Politico)

Women needed less exercise than men for the same cardiovascular benefits, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

An E. coli outbreak has been linked to raw milk cheese, according to the CDC.

Researchers expressed concern over a society in which older and younger generations don’t interact. (New York Times)

Why are kids playing tackle football, despite brain risks? (AP)

In Catholic hospitals across the country, there are “powerful constraints on medical care.” (KFF Health News)

Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of shuttering. (Fox News)

The FDA maintained its position that additional clinical efficacy data are needed before it can approve VivaGel BV for bacterial vaginosis, Starpharma said.

Bayer made a deal with Mark Cuban’s online pharmacy involving birth control pills and a hormone patch for menopause. (NPR)

President Biden’s brother used his name to promote a hospital chain, but then it collapsed. (Politico)

In California, a standoff between a major health system and insurer showed the hazards of consolidation. (KFF Health News)

Why heroin is “far from ‘chic'” in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. (NPR)

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